{"id":714,"date":"2025-07-08T02:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/apple-just-added-more-frost-to-its-liquid-glass-design\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T02:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T22:31:21","slug":"apple-just-added-more-frost-to-its-liquid-glass-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/apple-just-added-more-frost-to-its-liquid-glass-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple just added more frost to its Liquid Glass design"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Apple\u2019s original Liquid Glass design was very transparent.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/apple-liquid-glass.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tApple\u2019s original Liquid Glass design was very transparent.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Apple\u2019s new Liquid Glass design language just got a little more\u2026 frosted. In the third iOS 26 developer beta, Apple dialed back the transparency of navigation bars, buttons, and tabs that once allowed you to clearly see the content beneath them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/691540\/apple-ios-26-liquid-glass-control-center-fixed-beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple already toned down<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/682636\/apple-liquid-glass-design-theme-wwdc-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glassiness of Liquid Glass<\/a> after many users complained that it was too transparent and made it more difficult to see certain options, like the icons inside the Control Center. This most recent beta makes Liquid Glass elements even more solid, likely as a way to improve readability. Still, some users see the change as a reversal of the flashy, glass-like design that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/682636\/apple-liquid-glass-design-theme-wwdc-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple showcased at WWDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-image-compare alignnone wp-block-vox-media-image-compare\">\n<div class=\"c-image-compare__images\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/appstore_before_e100f8.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,56.689124168345,100,38.72511042279\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/appstore_after_f16ec3.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,56.927807297494,100,39.145726974867\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/>\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-image-compare__caption\">\n\t\t<em>The App Store in the iOS 26 beta 2 (left) vs. iOS 26 beta 3 (right)<\/em>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201ciOS 26 beta 3 completely nerfs Liquid Glass,\u201d AppleTrack developer Sam Kohl <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iupdate\/status\/1942299745105719795\" target=\"_blank\">says in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cIt looks so much cheaper now and feels like Apple is backtracking on their original vision.\u201d Others <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnxiousHolly\/status\/1942303563255890123\" target=\"_blank\">ask Apple to \u201cstop ruining\u201d<\/a> Liquid Glass and call the new design <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamiFathi_\/status\/1942285765335212041\" target=\"_blank\">a \u201cstep backwards<\/a>.\u201d Some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AetherAurelia\/status\/1942309548271747553\" target=\"_blank\">users in<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zollotech\/status\/1942293509089771929\" target=\"_blank\">beta found<\/a> that the transparency level can vary depending on the app they\u2019re using.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-image-compare alignnone wp-block-vox-media-image-compare\">\n<div class=\"c-image-compare__images\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/weather_before.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,70.351216919877,100,24.081506248231\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/weather_after.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,70.449920965078,100,24.081412825496\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/>\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-image-compare__caption\">\n\t\t<em>The Weather app in the iOS 26 beta 2 (left) vs. iOS 26 beta 3 (right)<\/em>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This is still just a developer beta, so it\u2019s likely that Apple will continue to make tweaks before it releases iOS 26 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/675819\/ios-26-macos-tahoe-26-release-date-apple-wwdc-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public in September<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s original Liquid Glass design was very transparent. Apple\u2019s new Liquid Glass design language just got a little more\u2026 frosted. 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